Having and Doing Gender: Young Adults' Expression of Gender when Resolving Conflicts with Friends and Romantic Partners.
A communal orientation focusing on others is consistent with stereotypes of women's social roles and personality traits, whereas an agentic orientation focusing more exclusively on oneself is consistent with men's roles and traits. Using survey methods, we drew from Sandra Bem's ideas to investigate...
| Publicado en: | Sex Roles Vol. 76; no. 9-10; pp. 615 - 627 |
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